The 44 players set for next week’s camp in Plymouth, Michigan, include five of the six players already named to the Olympic team: forwards Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews and Brady Tkachuk and defensemen Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy.

HERMANTOWN, Minn.- A Hermantown native will get the chance to impress the U.S. Men’s Olympic higher-ups later this month. Neal Pionk was one of 44 players invited to participate at the U.S. Olympic Orientation Camp.